Those of you who know me well know that I get a lot of my "crazy" from my late grandfather "Tebo" Poteat. Lynn and I tried to visit him 3 or 4 times a month and we always took stuff to him when he was in his later years. We took a lot of stuff like pies, cereal, milk and even his favorite chewing tobacco. Every time we always took him a 6-pack of his favorite toilet paper. We didn't know it until a few years later, but we'd taken too much. He ended up with a whole building of soft toilet paper. I still remember him laughing so hard we all cried when he finally told us. One day, as we always did when we were leaving, we asked him what he wanted next week. He said anything but toilet paper. I don't need anymore damn toilet paper. I have enough to last the rest of my lifetime so no more toilet paper. Bring more food instead... said we always brought stuff for the wrong end... if you didn't put much in the end on the top you didn't have to worry too much about the end on the bottom. So lesson learned... the more you eat the more toilet paper you're going to need. Might be too much information but I sure ate a lot yesterday. I sure miss my grandfather a lot these days.

I sure do miss him! I can easily picture this conversation with him :) He was always such a sweetie...but he sure did tell it to you straight! No matter how "odd" it may seem!

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Owen Poteat

1/2/2014 05:55:18 am

Yes, he was famous for not having a filter. He'd say if I have to filter what how I'm answering you then just don't ask me any damn questions. :-) The more I look in the mirror and see his reflection the more I realize I might be a lot like that. The guys at Lowe's used to get a kick out of me... my friend and director, Mark, would just laugh and say,"guess you left your filter at home again, huh?". I'm sure I'm even worse now that I'm not required to be corporately correct anymore.